Double luggage bag for cycles



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DOUBLE LUGGAGE BAG FOR cYGLEs Filed Aug. 24, 1944 lA/VE/V7 ORL S. @Zass Patented Aug. 13, 1946 DOUBLE LUGGAGE BAG FOR CYCLES Sigmund Glass, Zurich, Switzerland Application August 24, 1944, Serial No. 550,997 In Switzerland June 23, 1943 2 Claims.

Most double luggage-bags for cycles can only be used as such if they are mounted on a luggage carrier. In the course of lengthy cycle tours combined with mountain excursions the necessity frequently arises of leaving the cycle behind or forwarding it by railway. In these cases it is often desirable to carry the double luggage-bag while walking. Most double luggage-bags have the disadvantage, however, that they are not suitable for carrying.

The object of the present invention, therefore, is a double luggage-bag for cycles in which the connecting piece between the bags can be converted into a handle by folding it.

The attached drawing depicts one speciiic embodiment of the object of the present invention, in which Fig. 1 shows the connecting piece of the bags seen from above,

Fig. 2 a cross-section through the extended connecting piece along line II-II in Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 a cross-section through the folded connecting piece,

Fig. 4 the double luggage-bag placed on the carrier of a bicycle by means of the connecting piece,

Fig. 5 the double luggage-bag as a hand-bag.

The connecting piece for the double luggagebag is of rectangular shape and punched from a piece of leather. By means of apertures I, 2, 3, 3 the connectingV piece forms two lateral bearers 4, 5, with a half-section of the handle 6, 1 hinged to the back. Section S is provided with tongue 8 protruding into handle aperture 3. The connecting piece can be folded around folding edge 9 placed symmetrically to the two handle-sections, thus forming a handle as shown in Figs. 3 and 5. Tongue 8 can be folded over the inner edges of handle-sections 6, 'I and can furthermore be fastened to handle-section 1 by press-buttons I I, I2. Tongue 8 covers the inner edges of the handlesections and thus prevents the handle from cutting into the hand. Folding edges 9, I are formed by grooves cut into the leather which allow the connecting piece to be easily folded and the tongue to be turned over. The pockets I3, I4 are either sewn or riveted on to the outer edges of lateral bearers d, 5. The double luggage-bag described can, as Fig. 4 shows, be placed on luggage carrier G of a cycle in such a manner that pockets I3, I4 hang down on either side of the rear wheel.

If the double luggage-bag is intended for use as a handbag it must be removed from the luggage carrier, and the two pockets arranged together by folding the connecting piece around folding edge 9. Carrying handle 6, 'I is then completed by turning over tongue 8 and fastening the latter by press-buttons II, I2.

While the form of embodiment of the inven.

tion as herein disclosed, constitutes a preferred form, it is to be understood that some changes may be made in the arrangement, construction and combination of the various parts of my invention, and it is my intention to cover by my claims such changes as may reasonably be included within the scope thereof.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a double luggage bag, a pair of bag sections, and a unitary handle construction for both bag sections comprising a pair of 'strips respectively attached to the bag sections at a longitudinal edge, a hand strap portion of loop formation extending from the other edge of each strip and said hand strap portion being connected together on a weakened straight fold line intermediate said strips whereby the handle construction may be mounted upon a substantially flat support with the bag sections suspended at opposite sides of the support and said hand strap portions adapted to be moved on the fold line into substantially juxtaposed position for adjacently positioning the bag sections.

2. In a double luggage bag, a pair of bag sections, and a unitary handle construction for both bag sections comprising a pair of strips respectively attached to the bag sections at a longitudinal edge, a hand strap portion of loop formation extending from the other edge of each strip and said hand strap portion being connected together on a weakened straight fold line intermediate said strips whereby the handle construction may be mounted upon a substantially flat support with the bag sections suspended at opposite sides of the support and said hand strap portions adapted to be moved on the fold line into substantially juxtaposed position for adjacently positioning the bag sections, and a tongue carried by one of the handle strap portions adapted for engagement with the other strap portion when the two hand strap portions are juxtaposed.

SIGMUND GLASS. 

